User's Manual

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ASUS Xonar U5 User Guide
English
No Item Description
1
Microphone Volume
Control
Press to increase or decrease microphone volume.
2
Output Selection
Indicator
LED indicator indicates different output selection
(Headphone/Speaker/S/PDIF).
3
Output Selection/
Volume Control
Rotate to adjust the playback volume. Press to select
an output source.
4 Microphone In port
Connect your external PC microphone to this 3.5mm
port for voice input. Built-in high-quality Microphone
pre-amplier.
5
Headphone Out
port
Connect your headphone to this port.
6 Front Out port
For 2/4/5.1 channel speaker systems, connects to the
front input on the powered speakers.
7
Center/Subwoofer
Out port
Connects to the center/subwoofer input on 5.1 powered
analog speakers.
8 Rear Out port
Connects to the rear/subwoofer input on 5.1 powered
analog speakers.
9 S/PDIF Out port
Coaxial digital output port. Connects to an external
digital decoder or digital speaker systems, Home
Theater systems, AV receivers for outputting digital
audio including PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro,
etc. Connects to the surround channel input on 4/5.1
powered analog speakers.
10 USB Port
Connects to your computer using a USB Type B-A lead.
11
USB Audio 1.0/2.0
switch
Move this switch to toggle between USB Audio 2.0
and USB Audio 1.0 connection. Use USB Audio 1.0
for plug and play. Use USB Audio 2.0 on a mac (Apple
computer).
USB Audio 1.0/2.0 switch is located at the bottom side of the audio card. USB
Audio 1.0 connection has the following limitations:
• Only supports playback features.
• 5.1 speakers, Headphone, Mic In / Line-In, and SPDIF Out can only
support sample rates of 44.1KHz/48KHz @16-bit.